Broken Families

Falling through the cracks : How the Israeli Occupation breaks Palestinian Families

Jerusalem Center for Women (JCW) jointly with the Center for Women’s Research and Consulting in the Gaza Strip (CWLRC) and the Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling in the West Bank (WCLAC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Open Society Foundation (FOSI) implemented this joint project to support Palestinian women whose rights are violated due to legislation imposed by the Israeli occupation.

The Advocacy and Human Rights Program works to make international law relevant to the women of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, working with them to challenge and change policies that undermine human rights, empower them, and work towards rights based...